Gregory T. Young

Greg has 25 years of environmental experience and returns to Bass, Berry & Sims after leading the Bureau of Environment for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) for nearly six years. Drawing on this experience, he advises clients on environmental law matters to ensure compliance with regulations at the federal, state and local levels.

Utilizing his public service experience alongside his prior private legal practice, Greg serves clients in the following areas:

Environmental – Representing various entities in all manner of environmental regulatory issues that involve various actions such as permitting, rulemaking, compliance and enforcement, administrative agency negotiations, and contested case proceedings or litigation. Greg also provides counsel regarding environmental aspects of economic development, real estate and corporate transactions.

Federal Facilities – Partnering with entities in deploying a regulatory dialogue initiative to overcome complex legal, political, technical, and other obstacles encountered in cleanup and redevelopment of former DOE and DOD facilities across the nation.

Public Policy – Advocating on behalf of clients before federal, state and local governmental entities through negotiations, advisory committees, stakeholder engagement groups, rulemaking, guidance, and/or policy documentation to address broader public policy concerns.

Conservation – As an avid outdoorsman, Greg values and enjoys handling matters with a conservation component. This experience includes the largest land donation to a non-profit in Tennessee from a manufacturing client and a host of different conservation easements. Greg also works on stream and wetland mitigation projects, carbon credit / sequestration deals, and ecosystem services matters.

Environmental Counsel of States

Tennessee Valley Authority – Natural Resources Advisory Committee

Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee

TN H2O Statewide Water Planning – Steering Committee

Tulane University Law School

J.D.

2001

Mississippi College

B.A.

1998

Water Conservationist of the Year

Tennessee Wildlife Federation

2025

National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award